List of Australian High Commissioners to Kenya

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High Commissioner of Australia to Kenya
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Nairobi
Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Incumbent
John Feakes
since January 2015
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Walter Crocker
Formation September 1965
Website Australian High Commission, Kenya

The High Commissioner of Australia to Kenya and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Nairobi is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of Kenya in Nairobi. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and also holds non-resident accreditation to Burundi (since 1987), Rwanda (since 1987), Somalia, Tanzania (since 1987) and Uganda (since 1965). The High Commissioner also acts as Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Nairobi, including the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The High commissioner is also representative to the East African Community. The High Commissioner is currently John Feakes since January 2015.[1]

Kenya and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since the Australian government established diplomatic relations with Kenya and Uganda in August 1965. The first Australian representative was Walter Crocker who was appointed as the High Commissioner in Nairobi, with non-resident accreditation to Uganda and as Ambassador Ethiopia.[2] From 1976 to 1984 the High Commissioner was accredited to the Seychelles when it was transferred to the High Commission in Mauritius.[3] From 1962 to 1987 there existed a resident High Commission to Tanzania in Dar Es Salaam. However, with its closure accreditation, along with that of Rwanda and Burundi, was transferred to Kenya.[4][5] Although the High Commission in Kenya was originally accredited to Ethiopia on its establishment in 1965, a resident embassy in Addis Ababa was established in December 1984. The embassy was closed in 1987, with accreditation returning to Nairobi until the re-establishment of the Ethiopian embassy in 2010. In 1991, with its independence, accreditation was held for Eritrea, until it was transferred to the Embassy in Cairo in 2006.

High Commissioners

Name Start of term End of term References
Walter Crocker September 1965 October 1967 [6]
Robert Hamilton November 1967 December 1970 [7]
K. H. Rogers December 1970 May 1974 [8]
Walter Handmer May 1974 November 1977 [9]
Hugh Dunn November 1977 December 1979 [10]
John Lavett January 1980 December 1981 [3]
Geoffrey White February 1982 May 1986 [11]
Douglas Campbell May 1986 September 1989 [12]
David Goss September 1989 January 1993 [4]
Lawry Herron January 1993 December 1995 [13]
John Trotter January 1996 January 1998 [14]
Philip Green January 1998 January 2001 [15]
Paul Comfort January 2001 August 2004 [16]
George Atkin August 2004 May 2007 [17]
Lisa Filipetto May 2007 September 2010 [18]
Geoff Tooth September 2010 December 2014 [19]
John Feakes January 2015 present [1]

See also

References

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